Professor Eileen Munro shares key messages from You Can't Grow Roses In Concrete, the report on Munro, Turnell and Murphy's (MTM) Innovation Programme project. MTM worked with ten local authorities to implement the Signs of Safety framework. This webinar explores the factors that affect successful implementation. Aimed at: Practitioners, managers and leaders across Child and Family Services.

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Signs of Safety - sharing the
learning webinar
Professor Eileen Munro

2. Signs of Safety: sharing the learning
on how to implement
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Eileen Munro

3. Agenda
Introduction
Why a whole system approach
Principle 1 Working relationships
with families are paramount
Principle 2 Thinking critically and
maintaining a stance of critical
inquiry
Principle 3 Work needs to be
grounded in everyday experience
Contact details and reading
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4. Webinar objectives
› To explain why whole system
redesign is needed to change direct
work, using Signs of Safety as an
example
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6. Principle 1: Working relationships
with families are paramount
› Activity: on a 10 point scale, rate
yourself where 1 is
› ‘I have far too little time to spend with
families’
› and 10 is
› ‘I have sufficient time to spend with
families’
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7. Organisational factors needed 1
› Workload management
› Priorities – overt and covert
› Emotional support
› Recording and IT
› Reducing inefficiencies
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8. Principle 2 Thinking critically and
maintaining a stance of critical inquiry
› Activity: on a 10 point scale, rate yourself where 1
is
› ‘my team is organised in a way that fails to
encourage and support critical reflection’
› and 10 is
› ‘My team is organised in a way that strongly
encourages and supports critical reflection’
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9. Organisational factors needed 2
› Recognition that good thinking is a shared not
individual task
› Priority given to supervision, groups discussions,
informal support from colleagues
› A ‘fair’ not a ‘blame’ culture
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10. Principle 3 Work needs to be
grounded in everyday experience
› Activity: on a 10 point scale, rate yourself where 1
is
› ‘My senior managers do not understand the
challenges of direct work’
› And 10 is
› ‘My senior managers have a very good
understanding of the challenges of direct work’
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11. Organisational factors needed 3
› Feedback – from staff and families
› Reformed quality assurance
› Make practice more visible
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12. Questions and answers
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14. Further reading
› Munro, E., Turnell, A. & Murphy, T
(2016) ‘You can’t grow roses in
concrete’ Action Research Final Report
Signs of Safety Innovation Project’
http://munroturnellmurphy.com/eip-
report/
› Turnell, A., Munro, E. & Murphy, T
(2013) Soft is hardest: leading for
learning in child protection services
following a child fatality, Child
Welfare, 92,2, 199-216
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